an original song for the season.
about the ties that have bound me to the town I was born in,
and from which I have spent most of my adult life trying to be released.
it's a town called Hobart, on a small island south of the mainland Australian continent.
SECRET (GENESIS 12:8)
Packed up my bags
Flicked the latch on the door
Leave the keys behind
I don't need them anymore
In the shadow of the mountain
Dark clouds over the bay
The same history that brought me here
Is the same one I'm leaving today
Hobart hold me, but let me go
There's too many secrets I've hidden here
I'd rather you didn't know
Pitch my tent with Ai on my right
Bethel to my left
How far south is too far south
Is anyone's guess
Seems everyone's heading north these days
Looking for a friendlier face
Aint nobody ever seemed to work it out;
It's all the same s** in a different place
Hobart hold me, but let me go
There's too many secrets I've hidden here
I'd rather you didn't know
Sit on a bank by the Derwent River
Shimmering silver and blue
Take a match to that tired old bridge
Try to forget about you
Hobart hold me, but let me go
There's too many secrets I've hidden here
I'd rather you didn't know
